While mass rallies and marches are often the go-to approach for activists, there has always been scope for creative activity to play a part in shaping how wider society thinks about an issue, writes Cas Smith.
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Here Where We Live is Our Country is a long-awaited contribution to the sparse field of knowledge about the Jewish Labor Bund, a group that played a key role in late 19th and early 20th century Marxist history. Cas Smith reviews.
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Brazilian political economist and ecosocialist Sabrina Fernandes will be a keynote speaker at Ecosocialism 2026, in Magan-djin/Brisbane over September 11–13. Ahead of her visit to Australia, Fernandes spoke with Green Left’s Federico Fuentes about the importance of ecosocialist ideas in the fight for a better world.
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Izzy from Fight the Crisis, activists organising for a better deal inside the Australian Education Union, joined Green Left Radio to discuss Victorian Labor’s poor offer to teachers.
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Disabled people and advocates condemned the final report of the parliamentary inquiry into the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment for its recommendation that the controversial bill be passed. Graham Matthews reports.
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Teachers and School Staff for Palestine have launched a boycott campaign against the Department of Education’s new Social Cohesion Education Hub over its denial of the genocide in Gaza. Isaac Nellist reports.
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Sue Bolton writes that new Victorian Premier Ben Carroll is using a bill to close down the Retail and Fast Food Workers Union, which has a good record on organising workers to win real gains and is a political threat to his base in the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees’ Association.
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Wollongong Against War and Nukes has joined with many others to oppose plans to turn Port Kembla into a military town. Melanie Barnes canvasses the arguments about why AUKUS will make Port Kembla and the region less safe.
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The NSW Teachers Federation held a rally outside Port Kembla Public School to support the campaign against AUKUS. Melanie Barnes reports.
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Thousands of allied health professionals working in Victoria’s public hospitals took part in a 24-hour strike demanding better pay and working conditions. Jacob Andrewartha reports.
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The Ansell 100 shareholder campaign will propose resolutions at its annual general meeting, in November, calling for remediation and justice for Bangladeshi Mediceram workers in Malaysia. Ron Guy reports.
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Join students across the country protesting One Nation’s racism and anti-worker agenda.